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GIGABYTE today announced official support for next generation AMD Athlon and Sempron APUs based on the 'Kabini' SOC architecture.

GIGABYTE 'Kabini' support includes the new GA-AM1M-S2P and GA-AM1M-S2H motherboards based on the AM1 motherboard platform.

The latest AMD Athlon and Sempron APUs integrate up to 4 CPU Cores and a Radeon R3 Series Graphics core. They support Windows 8.1, AMD Mantle, DirectX 11.2 graphics and 4K resolution displays through HDMI. The new AM1 platform also features native USB 3.0 and SATA Revision 3 (6Gb/s) support.

The new 'Kabini' APU?s CMOS functions have been integrated into the APU; this means that when the user removes the APU, all CMOS settings revert to factory defaults. Even with the battery in place, users will lose settings such as the current time. GIGABYTE?s AM1 motherboards solve this issue by including a secondary RTC Clock IC onboard, so that even when the APU is removed, the CMOS settings are retained.

GIGABYTE DualBIOS protects one of your PC's most crucial components, the BIOS. It means that your motherboard has both a 'Main BIOS' and a 'Backup BIOS', protecting users from BIOS failure due to virus attack, hardware malfunction, improper OC settings or power failure during the update process.

The GIGABYTE AM1 motherboard also provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for both your Ethernet LAN and USB ports, both common sources of ESD-related failures. Each LAN and USB port is paired with a dedicated protection filter that can withstand high electrostatic discharges, protecting your system from common electrical surges and even direct lighting strikes.

The new motherboards also provide durability with inclusion of Ultra Durable 4 Plus technology.

GA-AM1M-S2H (rev. 1.0)

GA-AM1M-S2P (rev. 1.0)

CPU

FM2 Socket:

AMD A series processors

AMD Athlon series processors

Socket

Socket FS1b

Memory

2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory

* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.

Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory module

Onboard Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor:

1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200

1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160

* Support for HDMI 1.4a version.

Maximum shared memory of 2 GB

Integrated Graphics Processor:

1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200

Maximum shared memory of 2 GB

Audio

RealtekALC887 codec

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

(The PCI Express slots conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

(The PCI Express slots conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

1 x PCI slot

Storage Interface

Integrated in the APU:

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

USB

Integrated in the APU:

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Integrated in the APU:

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)